Building a Nakajima Kikka in 1/72 scale from the manufacturer pegasus

Building an old school short run kit from the UK.

[@williamoblasney751]

I remember these old Pegasus kits. They were crude to say the least, but had potential. . .

[@tonyperez4791]

Great build of a difficult kit. Pegasus had many interesting items. I have in the to be built pile the Prototype Spitfire. Built it before but got lost in a move , but got lucky last year and found one on Ebay. Thank you for sharing your build and hope you have a great week. Cheers, Tony

[@BladeRicsi]

Thank you, and good luck for the spitfire:)

[@modelermark172]

You did an excellent job on this short run kit from the early 1990's! One interesting aspect of our hobby is the number of experimental and hypothetical "what-if" aircraft from World War 2 are now available, in addition to much better kits of "staple" aircraft like the P-51, Spitfire, and Bf-109. I'm 63, and I have been building plastic models for over half a century. If we wanted a Nakajima Kikka when I was a schoolboy, all we could do was buy an extra Me-262, paint it in Japanese colors, and put Hinomarus from our spare parts box on it. We did likewise with an Me-163 if we wanted a Mitsubishi J8M Shūsui. Not perfect, but good enough if you were 14 in the mid-1970's. Thanks for posting this. 70th like.

[@BladeRicsi]

Thank you😀

[@russophilej857]

Beautifully done !,

[@atilllathehun1212]

Made that very kit many years ago. No real difficulties.

[@BasicModelling]

Now, this is taking modelling to a whole different level.. !!! Another piece of art there, right there.. :) :)

[@BladeRicsi]

Thanks Rob:) Just old school modeling:)

[@BasicModelling]

@@BladeRicsi I find some of the new tool kits far too perfect in the parts fit, with little or no tolerance for even a layer of paint.. which to me is worse almost. At least with a Pegasus kit you know to expect a bit of work and can prepare accordingly.. :)

[@BladeRicsi]

@@BasicModelling Exactly, bit of gap not ruins the enjoyment of building. Not shown in the video, but this time i did lot of filling and sanding. (tried to make to the video short)

[@BasicModelling]

@@BladeRicsi Yes, I could see some evidence of that around the engines.. ;)

[@thebeardedbrush2788]

How funny, I'm just now about to build an MPM kikka kit as I found your video. Great stuff!!!

[@767bob]

Great job on your build. 👍

[@BladeRicsi]

Thank you:)

[@SprueFascinationChannel]

Nice result 👍

[@BladeRicsi]

Thanks:)

[@alnotz]

As a supplier of these "perverted" model kits, I'm glad to see the actual result. As a heretic, a kit collector I rather call this masochist modelling ЖD but this is what shows the real skills and ingenuity. 6 more awaits you in my stock))

[@BladeRicsi]

Köszi:DD

[@maxbrandt6]

I had one of these old short-run Pegasus kits of the Ryan Fireball, it was a really rough bag of guts and nothing fit correctly, hopefully this Kikka fares better!

[@BladeRicsi]

It was rough either👍😆

[@PanzermansBunker]

Great job enhancing a marginal kit. The extra work paid off. Too bad no pilot figure. Planes look better populated. Keep having fun. Bill

[@michaelvalenzuela2528]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@doctordirk6316]

Turn the bloody piano/ music down!